Berlin and Pictoplasma Day 4

Day 4 saw an earlier start and feeling slightly fresher than the morning before. The morning kicked off with an hour long screening of some of the newest commercial and self-initiated animation. Shorts included work by the likes of H5, Jamie Hewlett & Pete Candeland, David Wilson and Mathieu Auvray.

Followed on from this was talks by the very funny Ryan Quincy, Motomichi Nakamura and SFA-Zentrale.

The afternoon brought sunshine and an excuse to ride bikes around the city and a ridiculously slow pace and visiting the Bauhaus Art Museum and East Side Gallery. Plenty more in store tonight but will have to let you know more about all that tomorrow.

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Photos from the uber talented McBess, Rilla Alexandra, Jeremy Dower and Bristol's own Gav Strange as part of the Lunartik tea cup exhibition

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Random assortment of flicks including Guitar by McBess, characters by the Crim Collective and Miss Fran Pearce inappropriately touching a plush Dude Factory toy!

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Photos from the JeremyVille and Lunartik shows

Berlin and Pictoplasma: Day 3

Day 3 saw the launch of the Inkygoodness Totem show as well as the Pictoplasma Character walk where 25 galleries within a square mile open up their doors to all things character based. Gallery openings included shows by the likes of Matt Jones aka Lunartik, McBess, Jeremyville and Rilla.

Following a 4 hour walk round some incredible galleries, we headed back to the Inkygoodness show and witnessed a steady stream of people come through the door all night. Ryan Quincy, Director of Animation for South Park who hosts the gallery adjacent to ours was roaming around sporting a huge hand crafted outfit of one of his characters.

Following the success of the launch we headed to the after party at HBC and drank rum to the sounds of German techno.

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Berlin and Pictoplasma: Day 2

Following a rather busy first day, the second of our trip to Berlin for the Pictoplasma Animation Festival and Inkygoodness Totem exhibition proved to be just as busy. With only one day to the launch of the Character Walk, which see's 25 galleries and pop up spaces open their doors to character designers from around the world, there was still a lot to be done in order to get the space up to scratch. Totems needed to be positioned, walls needed to be painted, pictures framed and further Berliner's drunk. I had the task of creating a black and white tree for the frames to hang on, one which I may have gone a little ambitious on. Meanwhile Burt Van Vijk still had his totem to finish and the wonderful Felt Mistress arrived to hang her custom built felt totem.

Another long day that didn't see us finish until gone 8 o'clock and with still a few things to tidy uo and finish off, it's the final morning of preparation before we open the doors to the public at noon today.

Berlin and Pictoplasma: Day 1 con...

Berlin and Pictoplasma: Day 1 con...

Berlin and Pictoplasma: Day 1

After a rather bumpy landing courtesy of EasyJet on Sunday we settled into our apartment a stones throw from the city centre and hit the local (next door) for a true Berlin homemade brewed lager. After an early night, Monday was the start of set-up in our centrally located gallery space ahead of Wednesday's launch. Possibly one of the best located galleries on the entire walk, you find it by walking through an alley way and up a rather decorated flight of steps. Buffering a gorgeous book and record shop, the space is large and light, providing perfect housing for all 35 custom painted and decorated totems. In the gallery space adjacent to ours we find the very talented Ryan Quincy, Animation Director for South Park, exhibiting over 20 new paintings and works. A beautiful setting for what promises to be quite a show by the team at Inkygoodness.

More photos to come as the day's progress.

Pictoplasma & Inkygoodness promo material

The Pictoplasma Animation Festival and Inkygoodness exhibition are only a few days away and in preparation for flying out to Berlin tomorrow I have prepared some promo bits in the form of postcards, business cards and stickers to take out with me. Printed by the lovely folks at RipeDigital on a smooth 350gsm matt uncoated stock, the cards have come out really well. All I need to do now is trim down 500 stickers...